Content for ESP8266

DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Monitoring Using the ESP8266 and the AskSensors IoT Platform

“In a previous instructable, I presented a step by step guide to get started with the ESP8266 nodeMCU and the AskSensors IoT platform. In this tutorial, I’m connecting a DHT11 sensor to the node MCU. The DHT11 is a …

DIY Voice/Internet Controlled Home Automation and Monitoring Using ESP8266 and Google Home Mini

“After all the HOME AUTOMATION articles I have written from BLUETOOTH, IR, Local WIFI, Cloud i.e. the difficult ones, NOW comes the easiest but the most efficient HOME AUTOMATION solution. T his project needs less hardware, circuit unlike my …

Home Manager

“Control your home, your robot arm, your Dalek, do some gaming, have a simple sport helper and an elderly safety guard in a versatile device! Introduction In the past I made a couple of projects that worked great, but could …

Wi-Fi Voice Controlled Robot Using Wemos D1 ESP8266, Arduino IDE, IFTTT, Adafruit.io and Google Assistant

“In this tutorial I show you how to make a voice controlled robotic tank controlled, using a smartphone, Google Assistant, IFTTT and Adafruit.io platforms. An ESP8266 Wemos D1 board was used in this project. It receives commands from a …

PIR With ESP8266 and MQTT

“Well, this is yet-another motion sensor summary. A well-written tutorial from Adafruit is linked at the end of step 1. This tutorial is the part 2 on the topic of current limiting for LEDs, MQTT, and motion sensor. Part 1 …

Weather Station: ESP8266 With Deep Sleep, SQL, Graphing by Flask&Plotly

“Would that be fun to know the temperature, humidity, or light intensity on your balcony? I know I would. So I made a simple weather station to collect such data. The following sections are the steps I took to build …

3D Printer Monitoring with Alexa and Arduino

“This gadget allows users to monitor many aspects of their 3D printer and current 3D print through a NeoPixel ring and a custom Alexa skill. Story Intro and Overview When I start a 3D print I don’t sit around …

IoT Split-flap Weather Forecast Powered by XOD

“Hi everyone! In this instructable, I tell you how to make split-flap display and show the current weather conditions on it. Also how to fetch the weather information from the Web using Wi-Fi and API. I am a fan of …

Python/MicroPython IoT Framework Example - Auto Irrigation

“A Py/mPy auto irrigation system with push notifications to Android, and rainfall prediction with Darksky API for more efficient water usage. Story Idea: The idea of this tutorial is to provide examples of how to read sensor data with …

CAN Protocol - Yes, We Can!

“Another subject recently suggested by my YouTube channels followers was CAN (Controller Area Network) protocol, which is what well focus on today. Its important to explain that CAN is a simultaneous serial communication protocol. This means the synchronism between the …